tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34852616140413155482024-03-08T15:52:10.833+01:00Instapoetwords, do not fail meCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11379551267101890674noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-28728508915712029812020-05-12T09:41:00.000+02:002020-05-12T09:41:20.414+02:00ache news<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 23px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the reporter’s eye
finds what the poet
knows by heart
and grinds into art,
we may learn
a kind of truth.
So goes the translation –
a situation that
the times will confirm
and by this we’ll know it:
when every poet’s a journalist,
every journalist a poet.</span>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-50085953704095125052020-05-12T09:39:00.002+02:002020-05-12T09:39:53.704+02:00People are looking<span style="background-color: white; color: #38444d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", Arial, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", "MS PGothic"; font-size: 17.9999px; white-space: pre-wrap;">People
People are
People are looking
People are looking at
People are looking at my
LinkedIn profile
People are looking at my
People are looking at
People are looking
People are
People</span>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-51630135538577834922015-03-30T15:22:00.001+02:002015-03-30T15:22:16.277+02:00Limey-rick<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<div>
The UK is talking of Brexit</div>
<div>
even if no one elects it.</div>
<div>
The demagogue shrieks</div>
<div>
and goes red in the cheeks:</div>
<div>
“If there’s no case then up we should sex it!”</div>
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-57516914165582333672013-05-24T17:06:00.002+02:002013-05-24T17:06:43.550+02:00definition: haiku<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
haiku: state of mind</div>
<div>
much more complicated than</div>
<div>
counting syllables</div>
instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-70135604362895847872013-03-21T15:38:00.001+01:002013-03-21T15:38:28.842+01:00Motivational meta-poem<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">If at verse
you don’t succeed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">try to
rhyme again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Or better still: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Skip structure,
shake off stricture <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">and let the need<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
to read the meter</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">take you
where it will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">No rules
but the hard and fast; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">nothing to
live up to but centuries past; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">no one to
impress but<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">your self.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-42153780732958423632013-03-14T11:03:00.001+01:002013-03-14T11:03:12.654+01:00keyboard jungle<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Enter the spacebar<br />
<div>
and hit</div>
<div>
return</div>
<div>
There is no </div>
<div>
control escape</div>
instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-46678588927165894642013-02-08T09:36:00.002+01:002013-02-08T09:36:50.721+01:00On the European Union's Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, With Apologies to Ogden Nash<br /><br />
<div>
When the question is the European budget,</div>
<div>
the only solution is to fudge it.</div>
instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-6910657214324185942012-10-25T12:26:00.002+02:002012-10-25T12:26:43.674+02:00Dallimerick<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">A lobbyist
down on his knees --<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">the
Commissioner immune to his pleas -- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">said “Sir,
everything’s fine, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">you won’t
have to resign.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Now please
don’t be such a Maltease.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-47458770323539938272012-07-05T08:59:00.001+02:002012-07-05T09:00:21.851+02:00rhymes with banker (2012 remix)<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">haircut in the dock,</span><br />
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">
white, hot under the collar<br />
in sweat-stained chalk stripe<br />
<br />
<br /></div>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-58692885283817663192012-07-02T11:04:00.000+02:002012-07-02T11:04:23.206+02:00Europe bails<span style="background-color: white;">A compromise hammered out,</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">during
months of debate --<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">now the
real work begins,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">and not a
moment too late.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We roll up our
sleeves and start<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">right away
--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">in
September, that is,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">after the
holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-72962386293496959552012-05-25T14:38:00.000+02:002012-05-25T14:38:12.682+02:00g&t asap<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">botanical bubbles
rise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">through the
proof of your <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">mouth to
your eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">as the tang
on tip of your <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">tongue complies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">‘tis the
season<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">to be lime*
squeezin -- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">you can’t
get <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">too pissed with
every<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">sip so sun-kissed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">(*or lemon
if you insist)<o:p></o:p></span></div>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-69304787536082778402012-03-12T13:37:00.000+01:002012-03-12T13:37:56.136+01:00gasoline dreamThe price of gas cannot be<br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">counted in dollars and cents <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">or even parts per million; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">but it is high<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">none the less.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">No, the real test <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">is whether after filling <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">up you have enough <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">change<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">left to buy </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">back the sky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-36561776868677518662012-02-17T10:08:00.003+01:002012-02-17T10:08:30.031+01:00blueprint for a roadmap<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">stakeholders!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">join our consultation,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">turn your white paper green<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">or, even, non-<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">civil society’s best practices<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">are being exchanged<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">and your contribution<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">is<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">essential<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">to<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">our <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">reflection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-1203055441055782562012-02-16T09:47:00.003+01:002012-02-16T09:56:04.586+01:00Heartland haiku<p></p><br />climate denier:<br />chill bumps from the brain-freeze drain<br />the sound of science<p></p><p></p><p></p>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-29729498313237709352012-02-15T17:11:00.001+01:002012-02-15T17:14:21.871+01:00Limerick SantorumThere once was a man named Santorum<br />who stormed the electoral forum.<br />His primary appeal<br />was political zeal,<br />with which for Romney a new one he tore him.instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-36602658282824400862012-02-15T10:07:00.001+01:002012-02-15T10:09:16.828+01:00Twitter Conjugation<p><br /><br /><br />M. Sarkozy, ecoutez et repetez:<br />Je twis,<br />Tu twis,<br />Il/elle twit<br />Nous twittons<br />Vous twittez<br />Ils/elles twittent<br /></p>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-8941547014099156042012-02-14T16:24:00.000+01:002012-02-14T16:25:21.387+01:00of all the greatest, loveMedia<br />will feed you<br />a ready steady diet<br />of pop martyrs –<br />they’re better than burned out;<br />forget about the fadeaway.<br />They shall suffer first<br />in the public eye<br />and make us share <br />the pain.<br />The artist may be gone <br />but the business <br />beats on.instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-22683285476476495682010-02-23T08:39:00.002+01:002010-02-23T08:43:44.252+01:00lisbon haiku<p><br /></p><p><br />A capital E<br />in desperate search for the<br />non-existent U<br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11379551267101890674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-75334943665122377212010-02-19T10:23:00.004+01:002010-02-19T13:12:26.612+01:00tiger wept<p><br /></p><p>Drop everything.</p><p>A man who plays a game<br />and wears a logo<br />for a living is going to tell us<br />his troubles.<br />"He will be putting from the rough,"<br />some commentator will surely note,<br />"I don't think he'll get a gimme."<br />There will be tears of sincerity<br />and promises made. Or even kept.<br />Tiger wept.<br />Well then who knows where he slept?<br />I care as much about that<br />as I do<br />the swoosh<br />on<br />his<br />hat.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11379551267101890674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-4711067332322617962009-11-04T10:51:00.002+01:002009-11-04T11:13:20.776+01:00lose-win propositionvict'ry in defeat--<br />a hole new direction in<br />the opposite of spinCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11379551267101890674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-79343895289992442342009-09-30T11:03:00.003+02:002009-09-30T11:20:02.661+02:00roman holiday<p><br />It was at Kitzbuhel, not Gstaad<br />where I saw Polanski--up close--<br />in a skislope cafeteria line, red snowsuit size small,<br />sliding slowly along the rails<br />a tray of wiener schnitzel mit pommes und ketchup<br />Like Everybody Else.<br /><br />He had his two young children with him.<br />Like Everybody Else.<br /><br />I wanted to say, "Hey, nice work on 'Chinatown'"<br />but didn't. As usual, faced with a celebrity icon, I fell silent.<br /><br />Now I remember and think:<br />Do we forgive a man a heinous crime<br />because of his art, or because<br />his life has been filled with tragedy<br />or because he only did what everybody else <br />was doing in Jack and Anjelica's Casa California<br />or because an asshole judge lied to him<br />or because the French crypto-intelligentsia<br />says it must be so?<br /><br />Maybe. But probably not.<br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-61417472261437096392009-09-29T11:36:00.003+02:002009-09-29T11:48:09.117+02:00gauche caviar<p><br />"Is Socialism dead?" my morning headline so screams.<br />Europe's Left can't get anything right, it seems.<br />Just when Capitalism is raw red meat for Michael Moore<br />the only dark specter haunting us is a bore.<br />Anyway what about "dangerous European Socialism" does America fear:<br />six weeks vacation, longer life, fitter health, better beer?<br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-40962552864435565012009-09-28T12:36:00.000+02:002009-09-28T13:36:41.386+02:00poet fuel<p><br />awake yet drowsy<br />an indispensable need:<br />morning espresso<br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-34960401575601281222009-09-24T12:07:00.002+02:002009-09-24T12:13:19.197+02:00east side glory<p><br />Feelgood proliferation?<br />Crave some adoration,<br />a standing ovation<br />for that rambling oration?<br />Attention all planets<br />of the solar federation:<br />For a general assembly of<br />Multinational Masturbation,<br />take your problem to the<br />Yoo-nighted Nay-aytion.<br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485261614041315548.post-55469727594658296182009-09-18T11:57:00.002+02:002009-09-18T13:45:35.791+02:00rhymes with banker<p><br /></p><p><br />bonus under threat,<br />white, hot under the collar<br />in sweat-stained chalk stripe <br /><p><br /></p><p></p>instapoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464197170108778446noreply@blogger.com0